I am to have lunch with him. vs I am to pick him up at five.

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They both follow the structure of 'to + verb' to indicate an obligation or arrangement. The first phrase refers to having lunch with someone, while the second phrase refers to picking someone up at a specific time.

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I am to have lunch with him.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an obligation or arrangement to have lunch with someone.

This phrase is used to express a planned or expected event of having lunch with someone.

Examples:

I am to have lunch with him tomorrow.
She is to have lunch with her boss today.

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I'd like you to have lunch with him.
I'd come down to school just to have lunch with him.
The Führer wants to have lunch with him.
And most days I get to have lunch with you.
So as soon as I am squared away, we need to have lunch.
I thought maybe I'd invite Jack to have lunch with me today.
Look, I wanted to have lunch with my uncle.
I'm about to have lunch with my friends.
Saw this young woman I recognized from section, and I asked her to have lunch with me.
Listen, I got investors downstairs waiting to have lunch with me.
Yes, it's just... I'd like to have lunch with you.
When my sister said no I thought maybe my old friend Susan would want to have lunch with me.
Therefore, I took the liberty of asking Mr. Crosbie to have lunch with you.
I arrive in France... ...and I wish to have lunch with my star.
I pronounce the city of Fairview safe enough to have lunch with my girl.
What? I'm just about to have lunch with my family.
And I don't want to have lunch with him either.
I just came down here to have lunch with Mr Gatsby.
He can't even find somebody to have lunch with.
I would love to have lunch.

Alternatives:

I have to have lunch with him.
I am supposed to have lunch with him.

I am to pick him up at five.

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to indicate an obligation or arrangement to pick someone up at a specific time.

This phrase is used to express a planned or expected event of picking someone up at a specific time.

Examples:

I am to pick him up at the airport at six.
She is to pick her son up from school at three.

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All right, we'll be by to pick you up in five.
We'll pick you up at half five.
Send a team to pick him up at his flat.
He told me to pick him up at his house at 7:00.
Well, the undertaker's name is Richard Rossiter, and he's got an appointment to pick him up at 5:30 today.
1 1-D called not one, but two women to pick him up at the airport.
I have to pick him up at 6:00.
But I thought you had to pick him up at Whitehall.
He told me to pick him up at the park and he would explain everything, but he never said anything about a prison.
He needs someone to take him to school, to make his dinner, to pick him up at soccer practice...
I was scheduled to pick him up at 12:00.
I'll pick you up at your home at five.
If worse comes to worst, couldn't we just ask the French to pick him up at the other end?
Gord McNally just booked a ticket on the same flight that Dr. Byrnes is on, to Portland, Oregon, so the uniforms are going to pick him up at the gate.
So, this expert flying in from New York, do you want me to pick him up at the airport?
Okay, so, Redding's office said that he was en route to California, so I dispatched SFPD to pick him up at the airport, but when his plane arrived, he wasn't on it.
Sounds like a reason to pick him up.
Dennis was waiting for his mom to pick him up.
When the cops went to pick him up, he immediately confessed.
I had to pick him up from the groomer.

Alternatives:

I have to pick him up at five.
I am supposed to pick him up at five.

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I am to have lunch with him. vs I am to pick him up at five.